[afro-nets] Social inequalities in male mortality, and in male mortality from smoking

["Claudio Schuftan" <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

Social inequalities in male mortality, and in male mortality from smoking
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From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG 

Smoking and inequalities

Michael Marmot, International Institute for Society and Health, University College London, London, UK

The Lancet, 14 July 2006 - DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68976-9

Website: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606689769/fulltext?iseop=true 

"...Smoking is a modern scourge. The WHO global burden of disease study suggested that, in developed countries, 26% of male deaths and 9% of female deaths could be attributed to smoking-the single most important risk factor.1 We must consider not just aggregate effects but social distribution. In many countries the likelihood of smoking is linked to socioeconomic position: lower status, more smoking. Hence, among other evils, smoking contributes to social inequalities in mortality. The size of that contribution is considerable. In today's Lancet, Prabhat Jha and colleagues estimate that at least half of socioeconomic differences in mortality in men aged 35-69 years can be laid at the foot of smoking..."

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Claudio Schuftan
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